Tears for these five innocent boys (now men) dubbed the “Central Park Five” who were sent to prison for 6-13 years for a horrible rape they did not commit. Tears watching these naive babies screamed at, threatened and coerced into confessing to this heinous crime after being interrogated for hours without their parents present.

Tears for the trauma and abuse these boys endured not only by the media but by Donald Trump and the prison industrial complex that beat away at these boys’ bodies and spirits.

But sadness wasn’t the only emotion I experienced.The more I watched, the more I became filled with blinding rage.

Rage that a police department so hell-bent on teaching these “thugs” a lesson, that they didn’t care if there was no physical evidence or matching DNA or if all of the testimonies contradicted each other. They were out for blood.

And when I mean they, I specifically mean former prosecutor Linda Fairstein, who led the sex crimes division in Manhattan from 1976-2002. Played by (another criminal) Felicity Huffman, Fairstein led this witch hunt, playing a huge part in forcing the boys to falsely confess and getting them convicted.

As we all know, she was dead wrong.

In 2002, Matias Reyes, who was already in prison for rape and murder, came forward and confessed to the crime with DNA confirming he was telling the truth. Yes, the men’s convictions were vacated, but nothing happened to Fairstein, other than her career and bank account prospered. After she left the prosecutor’s office, she went on to write a successful series of bland crime books based on her past work for the city.

It became crystal clear that Black Twitter not only wants for Amazon and others to stop selling her horrible books, but they also want her to suffer the way she made these boys suffer. I’m with them: “Lock her up!”

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The prosecutor in #WhenTheySeeUs @LindaFairstein is now a multiple time author writing for kids

Anyone with a book deal with this woman need rescind it. Immediately. She destroyed not just the lives of the exonerated 5, but a whole community for decades since

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Good morning to everyone BUT @lindafairstein, the prosecutor portrayed in the new Netflix series #WhenTheySeeUs about the boys known as the Central Park 5, who we are now proclaiming the Exonerated 5. pic.twitter.com/Tgkefx3Vzb

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After watching Part One of #WhenTheySeeUs, I’m emotionally drained, and I just feel sick to my stomach for what those boys went through. I just gotta say though... FUCK YOU @LindaFairstein!!! You deserve to rot in jail, you disgusting excuse for a human being!

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Don’t be fooled, this is the face of evil. It doesn’t matter how many actual guilty people Linda Fairstein is responsible for putting away. Her corruption, racism and destruction of 5 young innocent children’s lives is her legacy. Disgusting. #WhenTheySeeUspic.twitter.com/BFf3cDV4wh

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wait....so @LindaFairstein was a consultant for a sexual predator later in her life AFTER forcing innocent kids to confessing something they didn't even do? And this woman out here writing novels and living her best life!!! The FUCK?!!!! #WhentheySeeUshttps://t.co/Vy2Dq5cb5t

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With the help of #ballerart, we have found another case of possible framing & wrongful prosecution by @LindaFairstein. We are demanding that Manhattan District Attorney, @CyVanceforDA, re-open her sex crimes convictions and investigate. This woman is a criminal!

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Can’t wait to see the world rally together to finally get you up out of here @LindaFairstein. Every dog has its day and today it’s yours. You might as well delete your Twitter now because you can’t block us all. #CentralParkFive#WhenTheySeeUs